(alternative medicine) A form of alternative medicine involving the therapeutic use of colour and light.
chromotype
chromotype
noun
(historical) A photographic picture in the natural colours
(historical) A sheet printed in colour by any process, such as a chromolithograph
chronocinematography
chronocinematography
noun
chronography by means of cinematography
chrysophilite
chrysophilite
noun
A lover of gold.
chrysophyte
chrysophyte
noun
Any golden alga of the class Chrysophyceae
chrysophytes
chrysophytes
noun
plural of chrysophyte
chrysopoetic
chrysopoetics
chrysotherapy
chrysotherapy
noun
(medicine) The therapeutic use of gold (metallic or compounds).
chymotrypsinogen
chymotrypsinogen
noun
(biochemistry) An inactive precursor to chymotrypsin
cinematographically
cinematographically
adv
By means of cinematography.
cinematography
cinematography
noun
Motion picture photography.
The art, process, or job of filming movies.
cinephotomicrography
cinephotomicrography
noun
cinematographic photomicrography
climatotherapy
climatotherapy
noun
The relocation of a patient to a different climate so as to aid recovery from or management of a condition.
colpohysterotomy
colpohysterotomy
noun
(surgery, obsolete) A hysterotomy carried out via the vagina.
cometography
cometography
noun
A scientific description of comets.
comprehensibility
comprehensibility
noun
The characteristic of being comprehensible; clarity.
coniferophyte
coniferophyte
noun
(botany) conifer
coprophyte
coprophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that lives on dung.
copyrightable
copyrightable
adj
(copyright law) Able to be protected by copyright law.
noun
Anything for which one can obtain copyright.
copyrighted
copyrighted
adj
(law) Covered by a copyright, not public domain.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copyright
copyrighter
copyrighter
noun
One who obtains the copyright on a work.
cormophyte
cormophyte
noun
(now informal, botany) Any plant having a proper stem or axis of growth, which is distinct from its leaves, phyllophyte
cosuretyship
counterhypothesis
counterhypothesis
noun
A contrasting hypothesis put forward as a response to another hypothesis.
countersympathy
crenotherapy
crenotherapy
noun
(alternative medicine) The therapeutic use of mud, mineral waters and steam.
crounotherapy
crounotherapy
noun
(medicine) The drinking of mineral water to treat a condition.
crymotherapy
cryophyllite
cryophyte
cryophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that grows on ice or snow
(botany) Any plant whose buds overwinter below ground
cryotherapies
cryotherapies
noun
plural of cryotherapy
cryotherapy
cryotherapy
noun
The use of low temperatures in medical therapy or the removal of heat from a body part, aiming to decrease cellular metabolism and inflammation and to promote vasoconstriction.
cryptobranchiate
cryptobranchiate
adj
(zoology) Having concealed or rudimentary gills.
cryptobranchidae
cryptocephala
cryptocephalous
cryptographer
cryptographer
noun
A person who is an expert on creating codes and cyphers. Someone who studies cryptology.
cryptographers
cryptographers
noun
plural of cryptographer
cryptographies
cryptographies
noun
plural of cryptography
cryptoheresy
cryptoheretic
cryptoperthite
cryptophagidae
cryptophyceae
cryptophyte
cryptophyte
noun
(biology) A cryptomonad
(biology) Any plant whose buds overwinter either below ground, or under water
cryptorrhesis
cryptorrhetic
crystallographer
crystallographer
noun
a person skilled in crystallography
crystallographers
crystallographers
noun
plural of crystallographer
crystosphene
cynotherapy
cyproheptadine
cyproheptadine
noun
(pharmacology) A particular antihistaminic, anticholinergic and antiserotonergic agent.
cystonephrosis
cystophore
cystopyelography
cystopyelonephritis
cystopyelonephritis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the bladder, the pelvis of the kidney, and the kidney parenchyma
cystourethrography
cystourethrography
noun
Radiography of the bladder and urethra
cytopharynges
cytopharynxes
cytopharynxes
noun
plural of cytopharynx
cytospectrophotometry
dactyliographer
dactylographer
decahydronaphthalene
decahydronaphthalene
noun
(organic chemistry) A bicyclic cycloalkane consisting of two fused cyclohexane rings; it is used as an industrial solvent
decryptograph
dehydrosparteine
dephlegmatory
dephlegmatory
adj
Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation.
dermatoglyphic
dermatoglyphic
adj
Relating to the study and subject matter of dermatoglyphics.
dermatoglyphics
dermatoglyphics
noun
The patterns of loops, arches and whorls on the skin of the fingers and feet.
The study of such patterns.
dermatography
dermatography
noun
The anatomical description of the skin.
dermatoheteroplasty
dermatopathology
dermatopathology
noun
The study of cutaneous diseases at a microscopic level.
dermatophony
dermatophyte
dermatophyte
noun
Arthroderma species
Epidermophyton species
Microsporum species
Trichophyton species
dermatophytic
dermatophytic
adj
Being or relating to a dermatophyte.
dermatophytosis
dermatophytosis
noun
(medicine) A fungal infection of the skin caused by a dermatophyte, ringworm.
dermatotherapy
dermatotherapy
noun
(medicine) treatment of a skin disease
dermatrophy
dermatrophy
noun
atrophy (a thinning) of the skin
dermopathy
dermopathy
noun
(pathology) disease of the skin
dermophyte
dermophyte
noun
dermatophyte
dermophytic
dermophytic
adj
Relating to dermophytes
deuteropathy
deuteropathy
noun
(medicine, dated) A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, such as headache from an overloaded stomach.
diacetylmorphine
diacetylmorphine
noun
(pharmacology) The INN name for the drug heroin.
diaheliotropically
diaheliotropically
adv
In a diaheliotropic manner.
diaphanometry
diathermotherapy
dicaryophyte
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
noun
(organic chemistry) A chlorinated hydrocarbon originally used as an insecticide, often abbreviated as DDT.
dietotherapy
dietotherapy
noun
Medical treatment by following a certain diet.
dihydronaphthalene
dihydronaphthalene
noun
dialin
dihydrostreptomycin
dihydrostreptomycin
Noun
A particular antibiotic.
dikaryophyte
dikaryophyte
noun
(biology) A dikaryotic mycelium.
dinitrophenylhydrazine
dinitrophenylhydrazine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of six isomeric aromatic azines, but especially 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine that is used as a reagent in the analysis of aldehydes and ketones
diphenylthiourea
dryopithecid
dryopithecid
noun
(zoology) Any extinct hominid in the family Dryopithecidae, now considered to be the tribe Dryopitheciini or the subfamily Dryopithecinae.
dryopithecinae
dryopithecine
dryopithecine
adj
(zoology) Of, or relating to, the primate genus Dryopithecus, considered to be relatives of both humans and apes.
noun
(zoology) Any member of this genus of primates
dryopithecus
dynamometamorphic
dynamometamorphism
dynamometamorphosed
dystrophies
dystrophies
noun
plural of dystrophy
ecstrophy
ectodynamomorphic
ectomorphy
ectomorphy
noun
The condition of being ectomorphic
ectypography
ectypography
noun
A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
electrocardiographically
electrocardiographically
adv
By means of electrocardiography
electrocardiography
electrocardiography
noun
the science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of electrocardiograms
electroencephalographically
electroencephalographically
adv
By means of electroencephalography.
electroencephalography
electroencephalography
noun
(neurology) the measurement and recording of electrical activity in the brain for diagnostic purposes
electrography
electrography
noun
The recording of the electrical activity of part of the body
gravure printing
electrohomeopathy
electrohomeopathy
noun
(dated) A nineteenth-century form of homeopathy based on electrical energy.
electromyograph
electromyograph
noun
A device used in electromyography to generate electromyograms.
electromyographic
electromyographic
adj
Relating to electromyography.
electromyographical
electromyographical
adj
Of or pertaining to electromyography.
electromyographically
electromyographically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, electromyography.
electromyography
electromyography
noun
A technique for evaluating and recording the activation signal of muscles.
electronography
electronography
noun
The use of an electronograph or any other method of producing an image by means of electrons
electropathology
electropathology
noun
diagnosis via observation of the reaction of muscles to electricity
electropathy
electropathy
noun
(medicine) The treatment of disease by electricity.
electrophilically
electrophilically
adv
In an electrophilic way.
electrophonically
electrophonically
adv
in an electrophonic way
electrophoretically
electrophoretically
adv
by means of electrophoresis
electrophotography
electrophotography
noun
any of several methods of photocopying in which an image is created and then transferred between surfaces using static electricity
electrophotometry
electrophotomicrography
electrophototherapy
electrophysicist
electrophysics
electrophysics
noun
(physics) The study of the physics of electrical phenomena, such as the those relating to fusion, electromagnets, etc
electrophysiologic
electrophysiologic
adj
electrophysiological
electrophysiological
electrophysiological
adj
of or pertaining to electrophysiology
electrophysiologically
electrophysiologically
adv
In terms of or by means of electrophysiology.
electrophysiologist
electrophysiologist
noun
a physiologist whose speciality is electrophysiology
electrophysiology
electrophysiology
noun
(physiology) The branch of physiology that studies the electrical activity of organisms.
electropsychrometer
electroretinography
electroretinography
noun
(ophthalmology) A diagnostic test to used to measure the electrical responses of various cell types in the retina.
electrotelegraphy
electrotelegraphy
noun
(dated) The art or science of constructing or using the electric telegraph; the transmission of messages by means of the electric telegraph.
electrotheraputically
electrotherapy
electrotherapy
noun
The use of electrical energy as a medical treatment.
eleutherophyllous
elytrorrhaphy
embryopathology
embryopathology
noun
(pathology) The pathology of embryos
embryophyta
embryophyte
embryophyte
noun
(botany) Any member of the subkingdom Embryophyta, which includes most land plants
embryophytes
embryophytes
noun
plural of embryophyte
embryotroph
embryotroph
noun
(biology) The material from which an embryo is formed and nourished.
embryotrophe
embryotrophic
embryotrophic
adj
That provides nourishment to an embryo
embryotrophy
enantiomorphously
enantiomorphously
adv
enantiomorphically
enantiomorphy
enantiomorphy
noun
The condition of being enantiomorphic
encephalomyocarditis
encephalomyocarditis
noun
(veterinary medicine) A viral disease afflicting pigs and some non-human primates, attacking muscle tissue and the central nervous system.
endocrinopathy
endocrinopathy
noun
(pathology) Any disease of the endocrine system
endocrinotherapy
endocrinotherapy
noun
(medicine) The treatment of disease by administration of hormones produced by the endocrine glands